Rainy Thank You

I have been noticing now that it's spring, a lot of the card challenges are asking for themes of "April Showers" or "Umbrella".  I don't have anything with that even among my Cricut cartridges I wasn't seeing anything that might fit.  But I'm not sure I would buy anything with this theme either.  Anyhow, I do have my trusty box of leftover card fronts just waiting to be "up-cycled" into something new and found this cute little image.  

    Once I got the card together, I had no idea what type of card this would serve purpose for.  Too dark for a Birthday and not cheerful enough for a Get Well.  And I don't have a sister that this might work for either. So I just decided to throw a Thank You on it and call it a day!

Image:  old "Up-cycled" card front
Sentiment:  CTMH "Random Thoughts" set
Clouds:  Going Places cartridge  (1 1/2", 1 3/4")
Raindrops:  stickers
Design:  Unscripted Sketches #152

Challenges Entered:

Unscripted Sketches - Sketch 152

Pollycraft Monday - Water

Charisma Cardz - Chipboard or stickers

Oldie But A Goodie - April Showers

Crafting for All Seasons - April showers

Alphabet Challenge blog - Dry embossing
Pixie Dust Studio - Clouds

Sweet Sunday 155

Image - "Up-cycled" card front

Banner shapes - Art Philosphy, Banner 1 (1 1/2")

Sentiment - Merry Christmas by Recollections

Design - Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge 155

                                          

Challenges Entered:

Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge - Sketch 155

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge - Sentiment

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Photo inspiration

CAS 184

I love the Clean & Simple sketches!  They are so "simple", and straight to the point.  Plus you can use these sketches over and over and can look different each time!  This sketch is going in "The Book"!  (I keep a binder of favorite "Go To" sketches.)

Stamp is from the "Happy Birthday" set by CTMH.
Flower is a punch
Design is from Clean & Simple sketch 184.

                                                 

Challenges Entered:

Clean & Simple - sketch 184

The Pink Elephant - CAS

ColourQ Challenge - Color challenge 

(Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait, So Saffron, Pear Pizazz, White)

CropStop Challenge - CAS
2 Sisters Challenge blog - Birthday

Spring Hello

Image is an old card front.
Sentiment stamp is from the "Goody-Goody Gumdrops" set from Stampin' Up.
Design is from The Sweet Stop sketch 152.

Challenges Entered:

Sweet Stop Sketch challenge - sketch 152

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - Spring

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Spring or Easter

Come and Get it Challenge - Spring

My Time Made Easy - Pretty Pallette #54 (Pink, celery, blue)

Stamptacular Sunday - Pastel colors

Tuesday Throwdown - Pastel colors

Stamping with the Dragon - Spring
The Crafter's Cafe Challenge - Spring w/pastel colors

Easter Bunny

This is a fun Easter Bunny scrapbook page that I did for my son's scrapbook.  Turned out okay.  I got that bunny cut from an old Easter card, I just cut him out and he fit great on the page!  I had that Egg paper forever and knew that I had to fit on an Easter page somehow!  I had to make all the other elements on the page more prominent to make up for the size of the picture I had.  We didn't get very good pictures that day as Andrew was NOT liking the Easter Bunny and my daughter Grace was not that impressed with him either.

Please don't judge me based on the date of the actual event!  I am not a "current" scrapper.  In fact I had those letters cut a long time before I even put the page together.

Challenges Entered:

Totally Papercrafts - Easter

One Stop Craft Challenge - Easter

Incy Wincy Designs - Easter and/or Pastel colors

Love to Create challenge - Bunnies, chicks, or jelly beans

The Stamping Boutique - Pastel colors

My Craft Spot - Easter

Scrappy Moms Stamps - Easter

Craft Us Crazy - Anything but a card

Simply Create Too - Eggs and/or Bunnies
The Paper Shelter - Easter theme
Challenge Me Happy - Anything goes

Chase Your Dreams

Card only post:

Chase your Dreams stamp is "Playful Expressions" by TPC Studio.

Star stamps is from the "Wishing Star" set from CTMH.

Star cricut cut done with Art Philosphy cartridge, Star 4 (1 1/2")

Design is from sketch by The Perfect Sentiment challenge, sketch 6.  Another twist to the sketch challenge was to use an "Uplifting" sentiment.

Challenges Entered:

The Perfect Sentiment - sketch & uplifting sentiment

Southern Girls Challenge - Sentiment / Quote

Blast Off!

This was a fun card to make, I just hope it's not too "busy".  Even so, I think any little boy would love it anyway!

Stamps:  "Robots" by Recollections
Cricut Cut Starburst - Art Philosophy cartridge, Star 5 (2 3/4", 3")
Design - Sketch 65 from My Favorite Things

Challenges Entered:

My Favorite Things - Sketch 65

CES Challenges - No Girls Allowed

My Sheri Crafts - BDay card for child under 5
Celebrate the Occasion - Child's Birthday

Bottom Thank You

I have been dying to use this stamp set!  I bought this set about a month or so ago and it's been calling my name!  There's several others in this set that are just waiting to be inked!
    I thought this would be a great image to try out the "spotlight" technique.  Not sure if I did completely right, but I like it anyway!!

I forgot to take a picture of the inside.  The inside greeting says, " . . . It's A Lot Bigger Than My Heart!"

This stamp set is from Stampin' Up and it's called, "Not So Seriously".
The design came from Freshly Made Sketches, sketch 28.  As you can see, I just rotated the sketch.

Challenges Entered:

Freshly Made Sketches - sketch 28

Sweet Stamps blog - Spotlight technique

My Time Made Easy - Pretty Pallette #51 (green, orange, white)

Catered Crop - Brads

Happy Anniversary

Things have been busy around here.  I am going to school full time right now and have 5 classes this semester.  Well, I have exams in 4 of them this week!  YIKES!  So I have had to spend the last few days getting some serious studying done.
   So I am caught up and am ready to get back to some crafting!

This was a really simple card and I am always in need of anniversary cards in my stash.

Stamp used was an old single wood block "Happy Anniversary" stamp.  I have no idea who made as the brand name is not printed on the block.  But this is my favorite anniversary stamp that I have!

Challenges Entered:

The Stamping Boutique - Sentiment focal point

Shopping our Stash - Circles or dots

Shelly's Images - Stripes

Phindy's Place Challenge - Ribbon

Hiding in My Craftroom - Anything goes

Ladybug Crafts - Spots and Stripes

The Poodles Parlour - Going "Dotty"